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president obama has really been intent on banking all this early vote. he and his supporters are soft supporters. and they wanted to rack up those numbers early, they made a huge effort to do that, they say that's put them in the right place, but this last week is the critical time for people who are going to get those last-minute votes in to do so. an as we said, any time after a storm that you could plan to do anything that's going to inconvenience you is just not a good time. so november 6, tuesday, he's got to go get these people who couldn't get off this week. >> lots at stake, not only that contingency plan. if power's still out in some of these important eastern states, come november 6, at the same time you've got that big jobs report this week friday just four weeks before election day could impact this election year. >> the red cross, the american red cross has 00 dress in position as this storm gets closer to landfall. he's the vice president of disaster operations for the american red cross, he's now on the phone from washington. so what is th
president obama has really been intent on banking all this early vote. he and his supporters are soft supporters. and they wanted to rack up those numbers early, they made a huge effort to do that, they say that's put them in the right place, but this last week is the critical time for people who are going to get those last-minute votes in to do so. an as we said, any time after a storm that you could plan to do anything that's going to inconvenience you is just not a good time. so november 6,...
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a "wall street journal"/nbc news/marist poll of three bat e battleground state shows president obama with a six-point lead over mitt romney in iowa, a three-point lead in wisconsin, and a two-point lead in new hampshire. just five days left. >> it is so interesting to watch this as we get to that deadline. it's so fascinating. john, thank you very much. >>> back to our "starting point" this morning, it's day three of that fallout from superstorm sandy. millions of people without power in their homes. and as john mentioned, they're literally trying to pick up the pieces that remain from their homes, the pieces of their lives. yesterday the president and governor chris christie of new jersey toured the destruction on the jersey shore right near atlantic city. the mayor of atlantic city joins us this morning. let's talk specifically, sir, and thanks for joining us this morning, about the damage that's happened to atlantic city. you have the iconic boardwalk, you have the casinos, you have lots of hotels. fill me in on how atlantic city is faring. >> well, let me tell you that the boardw
a "wall street journal"/nbc news/marist poll of three bat e battleground state shows president obama with a six-point lead over mitt romney in iowa, a three-point lead in wisconsin, and a two-point lead in new hampshire. just five days left. >> it is so interesting to watch this as we get to that deadline. it's so fascinating. john, thank you very much. >>> back to our "starting point" this morning, it's day three of that fallout from superstorm sandy....
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mitt romney in the state of virginia. and of course, joe biden, paul ryan, bill clinton, marco rubio, and many others fanned out across the country right now. as you said, we are in the closing days of this very, very tense campaign. >> it really was a remarkable picture of the president and the new jersey governor, and i think a refreshingly bipartisan picture to a lot of americans. mark preston, live in washington, always great to see you. thanks for being here this morning. at the bottom of the hour, we'll get to analysis of the campaign's final days from our political experts in residents. cnn contributor and republican strategist ana navarro and richard socarides and former senior adviser to president clinton. and in just five days, five days, it will finally be election night in america. cnn's live election coverage will begin at 6:00 p.m. eastern time. >>> and in sandy's aftermath, people in hoboken, new jersey are trapped in a nasty flood. the effort to get them help or get them out. or that printing in color had
mitt romney in the state of virginia. and of course, joe biden, paul ryan, bill clinton, marco rubio, and many others fanned out across the country right now. as you said, we are in the closing days of this very, very tense campaign. >> it really was a remarkable picture of the president and the new jersey governor, and i think a refreshingly bipartisan picture to a lot of americans. mark preston, live in washington, always great to see you. thanks for being here this morning. at the...
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so maybe defying conventional wisdom, wisconsin is leaning fairly heavily in president obama's favor. >> reporter: that's right. now, paul ryan has been seen as an asset, obviously, to governor romney and he has been making a whole lot of appearances. i'll tell you, the crowd behind me is getting excited, ashleigh, because air force one is taxing over towards us where president obama is going to be coming out shortly and making his remarks. yes, paul ryan has been an asset to governor romney. it's why some are saying the race here has been pretty tight, although there is a small lead, a consistent lead, for president obama. today we saw "wall street journ journal" nbc news poll, three points up the president is here in wisconsin. yesterday there was a poll in milwaukee, a marquette university poll that had the president up by much more, eight points. you talk to the obama campaign, they'll point to that marquette poll and they'll say it's more accurate. it seems likie internal polls ae in between the two. the bottom line, while he has a lead that is significant, you have to pay attent
so maybe defying conventional wisdom, wisconsin is leaning fairly heavily in president obama's favor. >> reporter: that's right. now, paul ryan has been seen as an asset, obviously, to governor romney and he has been making a whole lot of appearances. i'll tell you, the crowd behind me is getting excited, ashleigh, because air force one is taxing over towards us where president obama is going to be coming out shortly and making his remarks. yes, paul ryan has been an asset to governor...
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zirjts the polls show president obama with a slight edge in some crucial states. the nbc-wall street journal-marris poll gives the president a six-point lead over romney in iowa, and it shows the president ahead by three points, and in new hampshire he has a two-point edge. both candidates, they are on the campaign trail today. of course, the president is returning for the first time since superstorm sandy hit. he is starting the day in green bay, wisconsin, and now it's on to vegas and denver. romney is it in virginia today. his first stop, roanoke, next stop dodwell and virginia beach. no republican has won the white house without caring ohio. a cnn poll shows president obama with a three-point lead over mitt romney in the state. the question is can he maintain it? ali velshi, jon avalon with us now. they've been talking to locals in a restaurant in youngstown, ohio. good to see you, guys. it's been very, very busy, i know. ali, i want to start off with you. 2008 president obama won ohio by four points. you have been talking to a lot of undecided folks. does it
zirjts the polls show president obama with a slight edge in some crucial states. the nbc-wall street journal-marris poll gives the president a six-point lead over romney in iowa, and it shows the president ahead by three points, and in new hampshire he has a two-point edge. both candidates, they are on the campaign trail today. of course, the president is returning for the first time since superstorm sandy hit. he is starting the day in green bay, wisconsin, and now it's on to vegas and denver....
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getting much imagery of obama in command. that's helpful when he can't be campaigning in battleground states. but let's be honest, suzanne. without the president in those battleground states, advertisements are flooding airwaves there. that's important to point out. mitt romney, you asked about that. he's on more of a political high wire with the storm. he wants to look empathetic, not political so he canceled his events sort of. what he did today is he had an event, a rally, to try to help with relief efforts in the very important state of ohio. check out what he said. >> we have heavy hearts, as you know, with all of the suffering going on in a major part of our country. a lot of people hurting this morning. they were hurting last night. the storm goes on. i've had the chance to speak with some of the governors in the affected areas. they've talked about a lot of people having a hard time. >> reporter: this still allows mitt romney to get good press in this key battleground state and get ads up and running. i should mention
getting much imagery of obama in command. that's helpful when he can't be campaigning in battleground states. but let's be honest, suzanne. without the president in those battleground states, advertisements are flooding airwaves there. that's important to point out. mitt romney, you asked about that. he's on more of a political high wire with the storm. he wants to look empathetic, not political so he canceled his events sort of. what he did today is he had an event, a rally, to try to help...
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the storm could create havoc with early voting in states that are in its path. maryland's governor already canceled early voting in his state for today. in virginia, the governor said, polling centers will be a top priority for restoring power if it is lost there. >>> the san francisco giants are world champions for the second time in the last three seasons. they swept the tigers away with a 10-inning game four win in detroit. giant' third baseman pablo sandoval was voted most valuable player and he says there is no "i" in mvp. >> it's a team. it's a team. i say thank you to my teammates to give me the opportunity to be here. you know, the two last series. you know, winning six elimination games is tough. >> giants finished with seven straight postseason wins. now the seventh world series title in team history. hooray for them. soledad? >> thanks very much. we'll continue to check in with zorida for news that's not hurricane-related. cnn is the place to tune in with our special coverage. >>> we know this storm is approximately 1,000 miles wide. and it is now con
the storm could create havoc with early voting in states that are in its path. maryland's governor already canceled early voting in his state for today. in virginia, the governor said, polling centers will be a top priority for restoring power if it is lost there. >>> the san francisco giants are world champions for the second time in the last three seasons. they swept the tigers away with a 10-inning game four win in detroit. giant' third baseman pablo sandoval was voted most valuable...
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five days from the election, new polls suggest president obama with an advantage in several swing states so in the final few days of campaigning, is time reasoning out for mitt romney? and why he won't be returning to florida. morning starts in high spirits, but there's a growing pain in his lower back. as lines grow longer, his pain continues to linger. but after a long day of helping others, he gets some helpful advice. just two aleve have the strength to keep back pain away all day. today, jason chose aleve. just two pills for all day pain relief. try aleve d for strong, all day long sinus and headache relief. try aleve d for strong, all day long the wheels of progress haven't been very active lately. but because of business people like you, things are beginning to get rolling. and regions is here to help. making it easier with the expertise and service to keep those wheels turning. from business loans to cash management, we want to be your partner moving forward. so switch to regions. and let's get going. together. >>> here we go. five days left until the election and the president i
five days from the election, new polls suggest president obama with an advantage in several swing states so in the final few days of campaigning, is time reasoning out for mitt romney? and why he won't be returning to florida. morning starts in high spirits, but there's a growing pain in his lower back. as lines grow longer, his pain continues to linger. but after a long day of helping others, he gets some helpful advice. just two aleve have the strength to keep back pain away all day. today,...
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. >>> seem that is president obama has the lead in the battleground state of ohio. poll of polls shows obama has a three-point lead on romney. it's a combination of five recent polls with only days to go. both campaigns going door to door, racing to get people to the polls, vote for their candidates. here is cnn's don lemon in dayton, ohio. >> reporter: the front line on the ohio battleground, cold, soggy and gray. but neither snow nor sloet nor bad directions -- >> are you lost now? >> oh, yeah. >> reporter: shall keep these volunteers from their appointed rounds. why are you doing this? >> to support governor romney. >> reporter: when college sophomore and first-time voter sean henning isn't in class or working, he's driving, walking -- >> reporter: is this your in connection one? >> yes. >> reporter: talking to voters. >> if you are going to go vote early or on election day? >> we're going on election day. >> it's cold, rainy, some people slam the door in your face, others don't. >> some people are receptive. >> if i see my man, romney, as the president, yes. >>
. >>> seem that is president obama has the lead in the battleground state of ohio. poll of polls shows obama has a three-point lead on romney. it's a combination of five recent polls with only days to go. both campaigns going door to door, racing to get people to the polls, vote for their candidates. here is cnn's don lemon in dayton, ohio. >> reporter: the front line on the ohio battleground, cold, soggy and gray. but neither snow nor sloet nor bad directions -- >> are you...
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obama. >> is that because of the spin or do you think voters look at what's happening in their state? do you really think people watch the number and say now i know how to vote, it's picked up? really? >> i think if you're still undecided you're going to be looking at anything. any kind of signal of what's going on with the economy. absolutely what's happening with your neighbors is simply the most important. >> swing states? >> in swing states going to be looking at what's going on with them. if they're undecided they're looking to whether the economy is really improving or not. >> we're going to talk about it all morning. obviously not only is the jobs numbers as christine's pointing out there are huge implications politically. they're expecting those numbers right at 8:30 this morning. we've got to take a short break. still ahead going to talk about jobs. going to talk about this report. and we're also going to ask christine to update us a little bit on what to expect, and not just the number to expect but really what's happening behind that number. here's a question, why does the
obama. >> is that because of the spin or do you think voters look at what's happening in their state? do you really think people watch the number and say now i know how to vote, it's picked up? really? >> i think if you're still undecided you're going to be looking at anything. any kind of signal of what's going on with the economy. absolutely what's happening with your neighbors is simply the most important. >> swing states? >> in swing states going to be looking at...
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in some states in the storm's path. virginia, pennsylvania, new jersey, north carolina and the district of columbia. both candidates kansas selled campaign events scheduled for virginia. >>> president obama garnered the support of the blade in toledo ohio. pittsburgh post gazette and detroit free press. mitt romney was endorsed by the des moines register in des moines and the press enter vice in riverside, california. and it is a san francisco sweep. the giants beat detroit tiger last night to win the world series in four straight. game four went extra innings. san francisco winning. pablo san val was named the series' mvp. he says this years he year's giants were special. >> it's a team. i say thank you to my teammates to give me opportunity to be here. the two last series, you know, winning six, six, you know, elimination games is tough. >> it is the giants de world series title, this all in the last three year. soledad? >> good news for them. thank you very much for that update. we'll continue to get to zorida. >>> w
in some states in the storm's path. virginia, pennsylvania, new jersey, north carolina and the district of columbia. both candidates kansas selled campaign events scheduled for virginia. >>> president obama garnered the support of the blade in toledo ohio. pittsburgh post gazette and detroit free press. mitt romney was endorsed by the des moines register in des moines and the press enter vice in riverside, california. and it is a san francisco sweep. the giants beat detroit tiger last...
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the national cnn poll of polls has mitt romney with a 48-46 lead over president obama. in the battleground state of ohio, a poll of likely voters gives the president a 48% to 45% edge. and a star tribune poll gives the president a three-point advantage. but that's also within the poll's margin of error. super stom sandy is bearing down on election 2012. both campaigns don't want to bother you while you watch the water rise in your basement. but the storm is suspending early voting and the optics of both campaigns, president obama has a quick campaigning and run to country. and mitt romney can't attack the president while he's trying to steady the ship, or can he? with us is lz granderson and will cain. thanks for joining us, guys. >> we just heard the president has decided not only to cancel a florida campaign appearance he had scheduled forred to but also canceling another one scheduled for washington so he can be in d.c. and keep the ship steady. i suppose that's a great idea, right, lz? >> it's the smart idea. that's what the president of the united states should do
the national cnn poll of polls has mitt romney with a 48-46 lead over president obama. in the battleground state of ohio, a poll of likely voters gives the president a 48% to 45% edge. and a star tribune poll gives the president a three-point advantage. but that's also within the poll's margin of error. super stom sandy is bearing down on election 2012. both campaigns don't want to bother you while you watch the water rise in your basement. but the storm is suspending early voting and the...
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now, this was a state that was just slightly beginning to tick over to the obama side and the presidential race, the question is whether problems with voting machines running on batteries, voting machines supplemented with paper ballots if necessary may cause tightening in the pennsylvania race. virginia, a state that does early in person absentee voting. had a few problems at the centers monday and tuesday. northern virginia, and they appear to be back on track to our knowledge, but they aren't returning our calls. in north carolina, in early voting they were running ahead of 2008 totals in terms of number of voters, slowed dramatically as the storm came, a lot of snow in the mountains, some other problems on the outer banks along the coast, all back up to speed now, we're told. but that snow could cause some continuing concerns, anderson. >> it is also just logistically so complicated. for folks who evacuated from the areas where they lived, the question is where would they go and vote because the area they would normally go vote in probably is unavailable to them. there is that to facto
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our brand new cnn/orc poll shows president obama with a narrow lead in that state 50% to mitt romney's 47%. that's within the sampling error making it still effectively a dead heat. our chief national correspondent john king is joining us right now. he's in ohio as well. john, take us inside these numbers. >> wolf, they are fascinating when you look deep in this poll. the president you just showed he's here in ohio. governor romney will be here tontd. they expect some 35,000 republicans at his rally. in this part of the state i'm in cincinnati tonight. when you look deep in our poll you see this one will be fought out through the last poll closing on election night. look at these two candidates among independents. governor romney with a slight edge 48% to 46%. again, that's a statistical tie well within the margin of error. the auto bailout is one of the things the president thinks will help him here in ohio. you heard him mention that in this speech. look at this in the industrial northern part of the state, across northern ohio where you have many auto-related direct factory plants,
our brand new cnn/orc poll shows president obama with a narrow lead in that state 50% to mitt romney's 47%. that's within the sampling error making it still effectively a dead heat. our chief national correspondent john king is joining us right now. he's in ohio as well. john, take us inside these numbers. >> wolf, they are fascinating when you look deep in this poll. the president you just showed he's here in ohio. governor romney will be here tontd. they expect some 35,000 republicans...
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he has been reaching out to these states. >> he has, in fact. not just those governors and mayors but new jersey city mayor. they gave us a list of those that the president reached out to overnight. when asked whether or not he was concerned about taking this pause from the campaign trail to focus on this issue, how this would impact the election, the president saying that was not the main issue for him at this time, that the election would sort of take care of itself. he wanted to focus on the people in the affected area and the first responders. you're seeing that the president using this moment to so many presidential, i guess you could call it, reaching out to mayors and governors, all the officials involved as well as emergency management officials to make sure that they have the necessary assets and also promising federal help with whatever they need. >> dan lothian for us this morning. thank you, dan. appreciate the update. dan is at the white house. >>> coming up this morning, we'll be talking to the former head of fema, talk about the d
he has been reaching out to these states. >> he has, in fact. not just those governors and mayors but new jersey city mayor. they gave us a list of those that the president reached out to overnight. when asked whether or not he was concerned about taking this pause from the campaign trail to focus on this issue, how this would impact the election, the president saying that was not the main issue for him at this time, that the election would sort of take care of itself. he wanted to focus...
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president obama just finished up touring this devastated area. and he mentioned all the boats that were washed into people's homes like you see here. and this is the marina owner, donna. you spoke with the president. and he was hugging you. and you were crying in his arms. what did you tell him? >> i was actually shocked that he even came to brigantine and to my marina. it was very heartwarming actually. and to have the director of fema with him and to shake his hand and them both to say we will get help almost immediately was very calming to me. because when i got here today and saw all this, i did not know what i was going to do to help myself get back in order h>> re buness hereunning this maria for how long? how much devastation does this mean for you? how much will this cost? >> the cost i don't know because i've never been through anything like this before. i've owned it since 1996. we've never had water levels like this. everything to run the business is gone. our docks are all gone. our gas pump's gone. our containment tank like is laying
president obama just finished up touring this devastated area. and he mentioned all the boats that were washed into people's homes like you see here. and this is the marina owner, donna. you spoke with the president. and he was hugging you. and you were crying in his arms. what did you tell him? >> i was actually shocked that he even came to brigantine and to my marina. it was very heartwarming actually. and to have the director of fema with him and to shake his hand and them both to say...
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president obama signed an emergency declaration. we're working through our state and governor corbett. we're constantly pumping out information to folks. people know that this is the real deal. they knew that irene was tough. this is going to be tougher and probably last longer because this is a slow moving storm. so it's just going to expand on the amount of rain and wind and that's a tough combination for us in a big old northeastern city. >> it sure is. mayor michael nutter joins us from philadelphia. thank you, sir, for your time. we certainly appreciate it. let's head to baltimore, shall we? let's chat with stephanie rowelings blake. she's the mayor. we appreciate your time this morning. mayor nutter was telling us he feels that people are heeding the warnings. that even though irene at least where i am was not such a tough storm, there's still really understanding that there's a big difference between what irene brought and what sandy could bring. are you seeing the same thing? >> we are seeing the same thing, soledad. and i f
president obama signed an emergency declaration. we're working through our state and governor corbett. we're constantly pumping out information to folks. people know that this is the real deal. they knew that irene was tough. this is going to be tougher and probably last longer because this is a slow moving storm. so it's just going to expand on the amount of rain and wind and that's a tough combination for us in a big old northeastern city. >> it sure is. mayor michael nutter joins us...
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they make three stops today in the big prize state of ohio. romney delivering a closing argument speech in wisconsin before heading to the buckeye state for evening rallies. >> people caught in sandy's path want to hear about is another storm. cnn meteorologist alexander steele has more. we love you, but we were saying go away. go away. >> not a good time. >> okay. i'll go away in a minute. will the storm go away? crucial states, pennsylvania, ohio, will they be impacted? computer models, like we saw with sandy running. computer models had a nor'easter developing and move sboog the northeast. this is the lathest. this was monday into tuesday. here comes this super storm, hopefully not. this developing area of low pressure will become a nor'easter. this has it a little bit slower, so impacting virginia south of washington with the rain on tuesday. then it moves and you can see on wednesday what it does to new england. if it's faster and farther west. certainly, worth monitoring. this is the latest computer model. it was moving in on tuesday, el
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president obama at 50%, mitt romney at 48%. that effectively is a dead heat given the poll's 3.5-point sampling error. cnn's national correspondent john king is in denver for us right now. john, you're taking a closer look at this poll. what else are you finding? >> reporter: wolf, because of that dead heat you can feel the intensity as both campaigns try to gin upturnout including in the early voting period which ends tomorrow here in colorado. both candidates doing well where they need to, you might say a slight edge for the president. i'll show you what i mean. in denver and bolder, the two biggest urban areas in the state of colorado, more democratic voters. 63% for the president, 34% for governor romney in the urban areas of denver and bolder. that's what the president needs to keep for turnout on election day. suburbs a smaller but significant advantage for the president in the denver suburbs. 53% to 45% for governor romney. if you look at the more rural, conservative, the rest of colorado, that's why governor romney's in
president obama at 50%, mitt romney at 48%. that effectively is a dead heat given the poll's 3.5-point sampling error. cnn's national correspondent john king is in denver for us right now. john, you're taking a closer look at this poll. what else are you finding? >> reporter: wolf, because of that dead heat you can feel the intensity as both campaigns try to gin upturnout including in the early voting period which ends tomorrow here in colorado. both candidates doing well where they need...